|
Boot Hill (arcade Game)
''Boot Hill'' is a multidirectional shooter arcade video game released by Midway Games, Midway in 1977. It is a sequel to the 1975 video game ''Gun Fight'', originally released by Taito as ''Western Gun'' in Japan. It was released under license from Taito, as ''Boot Hill'' is another version of ''Western Gun''. Gameplay Each player uses a small joystick to move their cowboy up and down the play area, while a second, larger joystick is used to aim the pistol and shoot. This larger stick also has a trigger button. The game's goal is to shoot the other player, situated on the opposite side of the game area, with the allocated Colt Single Action Army#The Colt Frontier Six-Shooter, 6 bullets. Wagons move up the middle and cacti litter the play area, both providing temporary cover from the opponent's gunfire and disintegrate when shot. The player may play against the machine or another person in two player mode. Reception In the United States, the third annual ''RePlay'' arcade chart l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midway Games
Midway Games Inc. (formerly Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, and commonly known simply as Midway) was an American video game company that existed from 1958 to 2010. Midway's franchises included ''Mortal Kombat'', ''Rampage (franchise), Rampage'', ''Spy Hunter'', ''NBA Jam'', ''Cruis'n'' and ''NFL Blitz''. Midway also acquired the rights to video games that were originally developed by WMS Industries and Atari Games, such as ''Defender (1981 video game), Defender'', ''Joust (video game), Joust'', ''Robotron: 2084'', ''Gauntlet (series), Gauntlet'' and the ''Rush (video game series), Rush'' series. The company was founded as Midway Manufacturing in 1958, as an amusement game manufacturer. The company was then purchased by Bally Manufacturing in 1969. In 1973, Midway moved into the interactive entertainment industry, Video game developer, developing and video game publisher, publishing arcade game, arcade video games. The company scored its first mainstream hit with the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |